Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 am I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?

Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 am I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?

sigmoid wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:50 pm

Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 am I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?

I had a similar experience with cherry tomatoes grown from seedlings on my balcony in Kampot. The plants thrived and flowered, but in the end after a long wait, there were only about five fruit.

I also figured that maybe it was a pollination problem due to lack of insects. Or, perhaps they just don't do well in pots or there is too much sunlight as my apartment is facing east. I switched to mint, which seems to be doing ok. I'm keeping it in the shade as much as possible.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:10 am

sigmoid wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:50 pm

Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 am I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?

I had a similar experience with cherry tomatoes grown from seedlings on my balcony in Kampot. The plants thrived and flowered, but in the end after a long wait, there were only about five fruit.

I also figured that maybe it was a pollination problem due to lack of insects. Or, perhaps they just don't do well in pots or there is too much sunlight as my apartment is facing east. I switched to mint, which seems to be doing ok. I'm keeping it in the shade as much as possible.

I had the same experience with cherry tomatoes. Sprouted, grew big and covered in flowers. I was very excited. I waited and waited and got 2 sodding tomatoes in total; the flowers just withered and died.

It might be something to do with the light, there are constantly 12 hours a day and that is not right for tomatoes to fruit, that's equinox time of year, ~March 20, not fruiting time which is high summer (late June)with 18 hours a day and then a shortening of the daylight to trigger them into making fruit. It's just a thought. Plus the humidity etc.